The World and Everything in It for the last weekend in October

Cal Thomas on exaggerations and understatements, real reasons behind healthcare website failures, part two in our series on the death penalty, Princeton professor Robert George on public interest served by traditional marriage, Iron Man suit, strange Major League Baseball mascots, Bible verses behind our name ‘The World and Everything in It,’ Legal Docket on ‘Sequel season,’ Dollars and Sense, Randy Alcorn on ‘Heaven,’ Phil Boatwright with two Halloween film suggestions, John Stonestreet on recapturing the cultural narrative on traditional marriage, The History Book, and more

Program Segments

Hour A, Segment 1

Cal Thomas is America’s most widely syndicated columnist. He writes for USA Today, is a FOX News contributor and a regular commentator for The World and Everything in It. Follow him on Twitter: @CalThomas

Jim Henry is a reporter for The World and Everything in It. He discusses the underlying problems that are causing the healthcare.gov failures. He states: “These problems are more than just routine website glitches. They’re fundamental.”

Hour A, Segment 2

Dead seriousness: The Bible, man, and the death penalty, Pt 2

WORLD News Group editor in chief Marvin Olasky wrote the cover story in the Oct. 19 issue of WORLD Magazine focusing on what the Bible says about man, murder and the death penalty. He visited with inmates in Texas prisons, serving life terms for murder.

In this segment, the second of a two-part series, he continues to discuss what the Bible says about capital punishment. We also bring you excerpts from his interview with inmates Jesus Suttles and Roy Kendrick.

Hour A, Segment 3

In this segment, Professor Robert P. George refutes the often-expressed idea that the state has no interest in the preserving marriage as an exclusive, long-term heterosexual union.

Dr. George heads the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University, where he also serves as the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence. Robert George is also the current chairman of the U-S Commission on International Religious Freedom.